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William F. Parish
Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Dec 16 2010 10:30AM by Jeff_Joslin
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This maker's name is really a placeholder for the currently unknown name under which William F. Parish operated. Parish is known from over a dozen sawmill-related patents: gang reciprocating sawmills, circular sawmills, band sawmills, and gang edgers. None of the patents are assigned, which makes it difficult to determine the name of the builder who used the patents.

Information Sources

Patents spanning 1884 through 1888.
The Ottawa Iron Works in Ferrysburg, MI, employed a W. F. Parish as manager, year uncertain.

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